Dhanbad, May 12 (IANS) Jharkhand Leader of the Opposition and former chief minister Babulal Marandi, on Tuesday, hit out at the Hemant Soren-led government, alleging that law and order has completely broken down in the state.Addressing a press conference in Dhanbad, Marandi accused the government of shielding criminals and mafias.He said the deterioration in law and order was not accidental but a “deliberate strategy”, claiming that traders and ordinary citizens were living in fear due to an…
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Dhanbad, May 12 (IANS) A youth was brutally murdered by unidentified assailants who allegedly crushed his head with a heavy stone near the Chandmari Yagyashala ground under the Dhansar police station limits in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad district. The blood-soaked body was recovered from bushes behind the ground on Tuesday morning, sending shockwaves across the locality.The attackers reportedly smashed the victim’s face and head beyond recognition, making identification extremely difficult for polic…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) A team of Delhi Police’s Cyber Police Station, North-East District, has successfully cracked a cyber fraud case involving Rs 10,52,938 with the arrest of two accused persons from Jharkhand. The case was registered on the basis of a complaint filed by Rakesh Kumar, a 65-year-old resident of the national capital’s Meet Nagar, who stated that on April 25, he received a WhatsApp call from an unknown person regarding the updation of KYC details linked to his bank accounts. Th…
Ranchi, May 11 (IANS) The Jharkhand High Court on Monday expressed serious concern over the circulation of a viral video involving a young woman survivor and pulled up the police machinery for not acting promptly to curb its spread on digital platforms.The Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Dhanbad appeared in person before the court in compliance with an earlier direction issued during the hearing of this case.The SSP informed the court that an FIR had now been registered on the basis of …
Ranchi, April 12 (IANS) Acting on inputs about a suspected paper leak ahead of the Excise constable recruitment examination in Jharkhand, police raided the premises in Tamar police station area and detained over 100 individuals for questioning, officials said on Sunday.The police action was carried out in the Rangamati area following reports of suspicious activity in a building where candidates were allegedly preparing with what is believed to be a leaked question paper. During the raid, police …
Ranchi, March 26 (IANS) A fresh wave of bomb threats sent through emails targeting key government offices and court complexes in Jharkhand triggered panic across the state on Thursday.In view of this, security has been beefed up in Ranchi, Dhanbad, and Sahibganj.According to officials, threatening emails warning of explosions were sent to the Ranchi Collectorate, and the Dhanbad and Sahibganj Civil Courts. This set off a statewide alert. Police and security agencies swiftly moved in and turned t…
Ranchi, March 13 (IANS) In a major push to modernise the state police and strengthen the law and order mechanism, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday flagged off 1,485 new vehicles for the police fleet and laid the foundation stones for 12 state-of-the-art police stations across the state.The Chief Minister flagged off the vehicles from the Jharkhand Assembly premises here. The fleet includes 636 four-wheeler patrolling vehicles (Mahindra Bolero BS-6 models) and 849 two-wheelers, aim…
Ranchi, March 12 (IANS) Taking a strong view of rising air pollution and illegal mining activities in Dhanbad, the Jharkhand High Court on Thursday pulled up the administration during the hearing of a public interest litigation (PIL).A division bench headed by Chief Justice M.S. Sonak directed the Deputy Commissioner and Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Dhanbad, the Member Secretary of the Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board, and the Municipal Commissioner of Dhanbad to appear in per…
Podanur, March 11 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday virtually inaugurated several new railway services and infrastructure projects from Tiruchirappalli, including the flagship Podanur-Dhanbad Amrit Bharat Express. The weekly train will connect Podanur Junction in Coimbatore with Dhanbad in Jharkhand, linking South India’s industrial hubs directly with Eastern India’s coal and mineral regions.PM Modi, present in Tichy, also inaugurated two other Amrit Bharat Express trains, two…
Bhubaneswar, March 10 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, on Tuesday, expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw for approving the new Amrit Bharat train services between Podanur (Coimbatore) and Dhanbad (Jharkhand), via Rayagada, Muniguda, Kesinga, Titlagarh, Balangir, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda, and Rourkela in Odisha. Chief Minister Majhi emphasised that the Amrit Bharat train services from Podanur and Dhanbad passing through se…